Problem 44208. Where's Waldo?
Find the string 'Waldo' in the character matrix given and return the indices of where you found him as a 4x2 matrix where the elements reflect the row, column pairings of each letter in Waldo's name, starting with 'W'. Waldo will be hidden in various ways, e.g. 'odlaW', 'waldo', so be sure to look closely.
Example 1
picture = ['QGxOe' 'dMWdg' 'Waldo']
waldoInd = [3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5]
Example 2
picture = ['WLvJC' 'oDlaw' 'dMWdg']
waldoInd = [2 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1]
Example 3
picture = ['WFBlS' 'DAlzQ' 'pjLTo' 'xnaDF' 'YgYRO'];
waldoInd = [1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5]
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@yurenchu I see what you mean! I added another test suite to cover this now. Thanks!
Trivially, the answer should be given in a 5x2 matrix, not a 4x2. :)
I recommend adding to the description that Waldo must have all its letters following the same orientation (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) because there are other ways to find waldo when orientation is not an issue.
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